American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
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United States. Continental Congress. Marine Committee; Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794; Ellery, William, 1727-1820; Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796; Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819 recipient; Lewis, Francis. 1713-1803; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: York Town, Mar. 4, 1778
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Jun 18, 2019
06/19
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Various Artists; Alexis Weissenberg; Maurice Ravel; Michael Tilson Thomas: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Shlomo Mintz, Yefim Bronfman; Trevor Pinnock: The English Concert & Choir
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Tracklist: 1. Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L 75 - Clair De Lune - Alexis Weissenberg 2. Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin - 1. Prélude - Seiji Ozawa: Boston Symphony Orchestra 3. Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin - 2. Forlane - Seiji Ozawa: Boston Symphony Orchestra 4. Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin - 3. Menuet - Seiji Ozawa: Boston Symphony Orchestra 5. Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin - 4. Rigaudon - Seiji Ozawa: Boston Symphony Orchestra 6. Vivaldi: Gloria In D, RV 589 - Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Trevor...
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Oct 23, 2018
10/18
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Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Symposium on the U.S. Congress (1981 : Boston College)
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xxvii, 360 pages ; 23 cm
Topics: United States. Congress -- Congresses, United States. Congress
Holograph, signed
Topics: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780, Massachusetts. Provincial Congress
Microfilmed for preservation
Topic: Tuberculosis
Holograph, signed
Topic: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780
Topics: Church of Scotland, Suffering, Providence and government of God
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Nov 4, 2010
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Levacher de la Feutrie, Thomas, 1738-1790; Moysant, François, 1735-1813; La Marcellerie, E. de; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL; Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL
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Includes half t.p. in each volume
Topics: Surgery, Surgery, Medicine, Medicine, Medicine
Holograph, signed
Topics: Fessenden, Mr, Vassal, John, 1738-1797, Oliver, Thomas, 1733-1815
Certification of incapacity of Thomas Shaw, seaman, directed to Navy Board, Ship Boston
Topic: Boston (Ship)
Holograph, signed
Topic: Tents
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Jun 9, 2009
06/09
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Gargan, Thomas John, 1844-1908; Boston (Mass.). City Council
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Topic: Fourth of July orations
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Nov 6, 2014
11/14
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Jesuits; Le Gobien, Charles, 1653-1708; Querbeuf, Yves Mathurin Marie Tréaudet de, 1726-1797; Roberts, Vincent P., Mrs., donor; Connolly, Arthur T. (Arthur Theodore), -1933, former owner; Weld, Thomas, 1750-1810, former owner; Boston College High School. Domestic library, former owner
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Compiled by C. Le Gobien [et al.] and first published in Paris, 1702-1776. This new edition of the rearrangement was edited by Y.M.M.T. Querbeuf; cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints
Topics: Jesuits, Jesuits
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Dec 9, 2020
12/20
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas
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Tracklist: 1. Symphony No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams): 1. Allegro Tranquillo (Dreams On A Wintry Road) 2. Symphony No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams): 2. Adagio Cantabile Ma Non Tanto (Land Of Gloom, Land Of Mists) 3. Symphony No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams): 3. Scherzo. Allegro Scherzando Giocoso 4. Symphony No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams): 4. Finale, Andante Lugubre — Allegro Moderato — Allegro Maestoso — Allegro Vivo
Topics: Classical, Romantic
Source: Vinyl LP
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Dec 5, 2007
12/07
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Burlamaqui, J. J. (Jean Jacques), 1694-1748; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL; Mead, Richard, 1673-1754, dedicatee; Burlamaqui, J. J. (Jean Jacques), 1694-1748; Burlamaqui, J. J. (Jean Jacques), 1694-1748; Nugent, Thomas, 1700?-1772, trans; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, former owner. BRL
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John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Quincy Adams. John Adams's signature on title page: "John Adams." John Adams Library copy contains minor annotations in Adams's hand. Transcriptions of handwritten annotations available from Boston Public Library, Rare Books & Manuscripts Department.
Topics: International law, Natural law, Political science
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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May 15, 2008
05/08
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Plutarch; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL); Dacier, André, 1651-1722; Rowe, Thomas, 1687-1715; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner
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John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
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Topics: Greece -- Biography, Rome -- Biography
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Jan 22, 2008
01/08
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Holt, John, Sir, 1642-1710; Great Britain. Court of Chancery; Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber; Great Britain. Court of King's Bench; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL; Farresley, Thomas; Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner
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John Adams Library copy has signature removed from title page. Inscribed on verso facing t.p.: "Holt's reports a book of no authority. Wilson's Rep. 15."
Topics: Law reports, digests, etc. -- Great Britain, Law reports, digests, etc. -- Great Britain
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Jan 13, 2012
01/12
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Grove, Henry, 1684-1738; Amory, Thomas, 1701-1774; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL; Boston Public Library) John Adams Library BRL
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This edition varies from others of the same year; it lacks the phrase "with his latest improvements and corrections" on the t.p
Topic: Ethics
A new MP3 sermon from Puritan and Reformed Books US and UK is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Unfruitful Professors Cut Down Subtitle: Sermons on Destruction & Hell Speaker: Thomas Boston Broadcaster: Puritan and Reformed Books US and UK Event: Midweek Service Date: 2/28/2018 Bible: Luke 13:7 Length: 26 min.
A new MP3 sermon from Puritan and Reformed Books US and UK is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How the Word is to be Read and Heard Subtitle: Digital Puritan Vol. 2 Book 4 Speaker: Thomas Boston Broadcaster: Puritan and Reformed Books US and UK Event: Sunday Service Date: 4/22/2018 Bible: Luke 8:18 Length: 32 min.
Dated: Paris Dec. 21, 1777
Holograph, signed
Topic: Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800
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May 21, 2012
05/12
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O'Connor, Thomas H., 1922-2012; Rogers, Alan, 1936-; Boston Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
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At head of title: Boston Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Topics: 1775-1865, Constitutional history, Massachusetts, Politics and government, To 1775, United States
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
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Jan 21, 2013
01/13
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Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Otis, James, 1725-1783, recipient; Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788, recipient; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803, recipient; Hancock, John, 1737-1793, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
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Jul 2, 2013
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Avery, John, 1739-1806; Cushing, Caleb; Cushing, Nathaniel, 1753-1794; Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788; Danielson, Timothy, 1733-1791; Fisher, Jabez; Fuller, S; Gardner, Henry, 1731-1782; Hodges, Isaac; Niles, Samuel, 1744-1814; Pitts, John, 1737-1815; Powell, Jeremiah; Simpson, Joseph, 1709 or 10-1796; Stone, Josiah; Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800; White, Benjamin, ca. 1724-1794; Wood, Aaron, 1721-1791; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection; Massachusetts. Council
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Blank form filled in with State seal affixed
Topic: Seals (Numismatics)
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Aug 7, 2008
08/08
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Boston, Thomas, 1677-1732
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Topics: Church of Scotland, Suffering
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Nov 5, 2009
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Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. MB (BRL); John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL)
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John Adams Library copy: minor annotations
John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf: "By Tho. Whately Esq." Thomas Jefferson visited John Adams in England in April, 1786, and the two men toured gardens of England’s great country houses with Jefferson’s copy of this book in hand. Adams later noted eight of the gardens they visited in the margins of this volume.
Topic: Landscape gardening
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Feb 9, 2011
02/11
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Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796; Justamond, J. O. (John Obadiah), d. 1786; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL; Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL
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Translation of: Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes
Topics: Colonization, Commerce
Topics: Boston, Thomas, 1677-1732, Church of Scotland
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Mar 28, 2011
03/11
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Roberts, Lewes, 1596-1640; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL; Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758, former owner; Boston Public Library) John Adams Library BRL
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Includes index
Topics: Commerce, Weights and measures, Coinage, Exchange, Balance of trade
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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May 15, 2008
05/08
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Plutarch; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL); Dacier, André, 1651-1722; Rowe, Thomas, 1687-1715; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner
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John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
Topics: Greece -- Biography, Rome -- Biography
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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May 15, 2008
05/08
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Plutarch; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL); Dacier, André, 1651-1722; Rowe, Thomas, 1687-1715; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner
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John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
Topics: Greece -- Biography, Rome -- Biography
Dated Reading, Dec.16, 1776
Holograph, signed
Topics: Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801, Stockbridge Indians
Dated: Boston, July 28, 1779
Topics: Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792, Paca, William, 1740-1799, Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Nov 5, 2007
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Trenchard, John, 1662-1723; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL; Gordon, Thomas, d. 1750; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner
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"First published weekly in the London and British journals ... Written without any name, from Bath, as letters to the author of the London journal, who ... sign'd them Cato, and by that name they aferwards went."--Pref
Topics: Church and state -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Politics and government, Great Britain --...
ESTC
Topic: Ireland -- History 17th century
Caption title: The history of Ireland from the invasion of Henry II. Book v[-vi]
Source: johnadamsbpl
Engraved t.p., signed: W. Marshall sculpt
Topics: Ethics, Maxims, Biography, Characters and characteristics
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Dec 29, 2018
12/18
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Various Classical Artists; Aaron Copland: London Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Schneider: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Andreas Vollenweider; André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra; Antonio De Almeida: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Arcadi Volodos; Barbra Streisand; Bidú Sayão; Bobby McFerrin & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Bruno Walter: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Bruno Walter: New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Quartet; Béla Bartók, Benny Goodman, Joseph Szigeti; Camille Decreus, Eugene Ysaye; Charles Adams Prince; Claude Bolling Trio & Jean-Pierre Rampal; Claudio Scimone: I Solisti Veneti; E. Power Biggs; Eileen Farrell; Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma; Emil Cooper: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen: Philharmonia Orchestra; Eubie Blake; Eugene Ormandy: Philadelphia Orchestra; Frederica Von Stade; George Szell: Cleveland Orchestra; Glenn Gould; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Cello & Double Bass Ensemble; Hilary Hahn; Igor Stravinsky: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Isaac Stern; Itzhak Perlman; Jane Eaglen; Jean-Pierre Rampal; John Pritchard: London Philharmonic Orchestra; John Williams; John Williams & Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams: London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; John-Paul Bogart; Joshua Bell; José-Luis García: English Chamber Orchestra; Juilliard Quartet; Kiri Te Kanawa; Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski: Philadelphia Orchestra; Lorin Maazel: Orchestra Of La Scala Milan; Lotte Lenya; Louis Frémaux: Philharmonia Orchestra; Marcelo Álvarez; Marlboro Festival Octet; Mary Rowell, Allison Cornell, Sue Hadjopoulos, Etc.; Michael Riesman: Philip Glass Ensemble; Michael Tilson Thomas: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Midori, Robert McDonald; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Murray Perahia; Murray Perahia: English Chamber Orchestra; Pablo Casals: Marlboro Festival Orchestra; Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Chicago Brass Ensemble; Pierre Boulez: New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Plácido Domingo; Raymond Leppard: National Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Casadesus; Robert Sadin: Orchestra Of St. Luke's; Robert Ziegler, Tony Hymas, Patrick Doyle; Rudolf Serkin; Samuel Barber, Leontyne Price; Tan Dun: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Imperial Bells Ensemble, Yip Children's Choir; Vladimir Horowitz; Wynton Marsalis; Yo-Yo Ma; Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin; Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax; Yo-Yo Ma, Hector Console, Leonardo Marconi, Nestor Marconi; Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer
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Tracklist: Disc 1: 1. Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - Largo Al Factotum - Charles Adams Prince 2. Wieniawski: Mazurka #1 In G, "Obertass", Op. 19/1 - Camille Decreus, Eugene Ysaye 3. Bartók: Contrasts, Sz 111 - 2. Piheno (Relaxation) - Béla Bartók, Benny Goodman, Joseph Szigeti 4. Beethoven: String Quartet In C Minor, Op. 18/4 - 4. Allegro, Prestissimo - Budapest Quartet 5. Villa-Lobos: Bachiana Brasileira #5 - Aria: Cantilena - Bidú Sayão; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Cello &...
Source: CD
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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James, Edwin, 1797-1861, comp; Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864; Say, Thomas, 1787-1834; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL
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John Adams Library appears to be missing atlas dated 1822
Topics: Indians of North America, Discoveries in geography, Indians of North America
The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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Jan 17, 2008
01/08
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Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL; Adams, John, 1735-1826, tr; Jenings, Edmund, 1731-1819; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner
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John Adams Library copy (251.2) inscribed on t.p.: "John Thaxter."
Topics: United States -- Politics and government 1775-1783, Europe -- Politics and government 18th century
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Apr 12, 2012
04/12
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Standen, Edith Appleton; Folds, Thomas M; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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"The book is ... the catalogue of a loan exhibition to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in celebration of its hundredth anniversary."
Topic: Painting
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
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Mar 15, 2013
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Massachusetts. Committee of Correspondence; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 recipient; Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Hancock, John, 1737-1793; Phillips, William; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to Benjamin Franklin, agent in London, giving an account of the proceedings of the town of Boston at the meeting held in regard to the importation and destruction of tea, December 16, 1773
Topic: Boston Tea Party, 1773
